The
Mount
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[52:1]
By the Mount,
[52:2]
And a Scripture inscribed
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On fine parchment unrolled,
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And the House frequented,
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And the roof exalted,
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And the sea kept filled,
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Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to
pass;
[52:8]
There is none that can ward it off.
[52:9]
On the day when the heaven will heave with
(awful) heaving,
[52:10]
And the mountains move away with (awful)
movement,
[52:11]
Then woe that day unto the deniers
[52:12]
Who play in talk of grave matters;
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The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful)
thrust, into the fire of hell
[52:14]
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire
which ye were wont to deny.
[52:15]
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
[52:16]
Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient
of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye
used to do.
[52:17]
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens
and delight,
[52:18]
Happy because of what their Lord hath given
them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of
hell-fire.
[52:19]
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in
health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
[52:20]
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them
unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
[52:21]
And they who believe and whose seed follow them
in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of
nought of their (life’s) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath
earned.
[52:22]
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as
they desire.
[52:23]
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein
is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
[52:24]
And there go round, waiting on them menservants
of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
[52:25]
And some of them draw near unto others,
questioning,
[52:26]
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our
families, we were ever anxious;
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But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath
preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
[52:28]
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the
Benign, the Merciful.
[52:29]
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of
Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
[52:30]
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we
may expect the accident of time ?
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Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am
with you among the expectant.
[52:32]
Do their minds command them to do this, or are
they an outrageous folk ?
[52:33]
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they
will not believe!
[52:34]
Then let them produce speech the like thereof,
if they are truthful.
[52:35]
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they
the creators ?
[52:36]
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ?
Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
[52:37]
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or
have they been given charge (thereof) ?
[52:38]
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means
of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant
manifest!
[52:39]
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
[52:40]
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so
that they are plunged in debt ?
[52:41]
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can
write (it) down ?
[52:42]
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But
those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
[52:43]
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be
Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
[52:44]
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven
falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
[52:45]
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet
their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,
[52:46]
A day in which their guile will naught avail
them, nor will they be helped.
[52:47]
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a
punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
[52:48]
So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord’s
decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when
thou uprisest,
[52:49]
And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and
at the setting of the stars.